While we're all likely familiar with wave of negative reactions that sprouted up following Apple's iPod introduction, you might be surprised that not every one was on board the iPhone bandwagon following Steve Jobs' 2007 product introduction. Given how revolutionary the iPhone was at first glance, one would think that tech heads on the Internet would have universally praised the smartphone revolution that was now staring them right in the face.
One would think...
For some context about how far the content consumption platform Flipboard has come in its now five-year history, start with a number: 15 million.
That’s how many “magazines” – collections of content ranging from news stories to sound files to YouTube clips – Flipboard users have created within the service since Flipboard’s launch in 2010, according to Marci McCue, Flipboard head of marketing wife of CEO and co-founder Mike McCue.
The day after Flipboard launched its latest new feature last week, a blog geared toward helping educators tailor the use of Flipboard and its magazines to their own teaching needs and classrooms, McCue paused to talked with BGR about the trajectory the company already has traveled – and what’s still to come.
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